Ready for a TV marathon? Are you still behind the curve on “The Wire”? Comcast’s Xfinity TV is running a free catch-up “Watchathon Week”[1] today through March 31, offering some 3,500 episodes of 100 TV series across 30 premium, cable and broadcast networks.

Among the series available: “Downton Abbey,” “Game Of Thrones,” “Dexter,” “Girls,” “Spartacus,” “Mad Men,” “Dexter,” “Revolution,” “The Walking Dead,” “Touch,” “Chicago Fire,” “Parenthood,” and “The Americans.” Plus some older series you may have missed, like “The Sopranos,” “Sex And The City” and “The Wire.” Programming will be available at Xfinity.com/tv[2], the Xfinity TV Player App for Apple and Android devices, and Xfinity Streampix as well as the VOD service for subscribers.

The goal is twofold. Comcast wants to show viewers an alternative to Netflix while at the same time demonstrating to networks that its video on demand service is more friend than foe.

The FX shows were only available until today in Indiana I only got to watch one ep. Total bait and switch… Shame on you xfinity

#3 Comment By mthwaites On March 31, 2013 @ 11:02 pm

The Showtime shows all stopped working at 9:00 PDT – the rest still work. Shame on you Xfinity! The people on the chat say it ends today so that’s correct – even though I point out HBO still works and it’s now 1:00 AM in EDT.

#4 Comment By mthwaites On March 31, 2013 @ 11:04 pm

They asked me to acknowledge Xfinity is using Eastern time!

#5 Comment By Kris On April 25, 2013 @ 7:51 am

I dont like the new morning anchors, the guy is annoying! I liked melody
and Nick. Too many changes. Im going to switch to channel 9.

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